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Xpensive Wino

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Master Builder Paul Waller has partnered with a famous tequila house to build a Stratocaster from agave.

More than 30 hours of work went into building the one-of-a-kind solid body art guitar, with the Master Builder finding the soft plant material quite challenging to work with.

"The Agave Stratocaster has a specific sound compared to an alder and maple guitar," said Waller.

The Strat's two piece body is made from pure agave, with a polyurethane finish and an agave paper back plate. It sports three hand-wound single coil pickups – a Fat 50s neck and RWRP (reverse-wound, reverse-polarity) middle and bridge – and a 5-way selector to switch between them. The guitar's "Stout V" neck is also made using agave and topped by a 21-fret agave fingerboard. It's by no means a heavyweight, tipping the scales at around 6.5 lb.






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stormy

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BEAUTIFUL guitar ! And strats (to me anyways) are utilitarian instruments which means that looks are not my number one concern when choosing a guitar. I'd buy this one on looks alone.
 

The Shifter

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that's cool. Ray Barbee was a pro skateboarder when I was a kid. :peace2

Public Domain!!

It's funny, it this were a Gibson lots of people would be screaming bloody murder about this being "the reason Gibson is going out of business."
 
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